Memory phrase for the character: 尊


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Meaning

honor, esteem, revered, value

Pronunciation

SON
tattoi/bu, tōtoi

Explanation

From top: out of 丷, wine mug 酉, skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic


 
If something is poured out 丷 of the wine mug with a skillful hand, it appears honorable.

Radicals

way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.
alcoholWine jug, possibly also to be understood as a simplification of the sake barrel 畐.
skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

尊称 そんしょう  honorary title
尊い とうとい  precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred
尊ぶ とうとぶ  to value, to prize, to esteem
尊敬 そんけい  respect, esteem, reverence, honour
尊重 そんちょう  respect, esteem, regard
自尊心 じそんしん  self-respect, conceit

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